Regarding Courage

[Midnight Writer]

4. When I was a kid, my Mom got a dog and I was tasked with caring for it.

My Dad did not want the dog and told me if the dog crapped in the yard, it was my responsibility to clean it up.

Of course, one day my Dad found that the dog had crapped in the yard and I had not cleaned it up.

My Dad got a hold of me, took me out in the yard, and pointed out the offending pile.

Then he told me to go in the house and get a spoon, because I was going to eat that crap.

I refused. I'm not eating that.

He said if I don't, I will get an ass-whipping.

I still refused. No way was I going to eat that.

So I got an ass-whipping.

Afterwards, as I was crying, he said "Aren't you glad you didn't eat that shit?"

I had to admit that, yes, I was glad I had not eaten that.

Then he hit me with the lesson. "Remember this. It is always better to take an ass-whipping than to eat shit, every time."

Harsh story, but for the rest of my life I refused to eat shit. From anybody.

I wish Republicans had learned that lesson.

P.S. No, my Dad and I did not have a healthy relationship.